Description
In a small town near the Arctic Circle, a young boy named Matti navigates the strange, tender, and often hilarious rhythms of everyday life—where the ordinary is constantly interrupted by the extraordinary. When a visiting African priest arrives, his presence reshapes the community’s stories and forces Matti to look at his world with new wonder and unease. Woven through the novel is a vivid, detailed portrait of the aftermath of communism and World War II, as history’s aftershocks linger in conversations, habits, and hopes. With Niemi’s lyrical, richly observed storytelling, the book explores identity, memory, and the way music and myth can make sense of a changing world.
Available Editions
paperback
Seven Stories Press
Published Oct 15, 2004
237 pages
ISBN: 9781583226599
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Details
First Published
2000
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi.